Example sentences of "[verb] what [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This process of abstraction is intended to focus on those elements which are the most important in explaining what happens in the real world . |
| 2 | We — that is you and 1 — as well as the Yek , ought to know what lies beyond the Great Sea . |
| 3 | The tree itself is beautiful but the combination of the clay soil and the shade from the tree means its not easy to know what to grow in the west-facing border underneath . |
| 4 | Here we talk to former teachers , old friends and relatives in a special TODAY investigation to discover what lies inside the tortured soul of Sinead . |
| 5 | Now let us explore what lies behind the contemporary appearance of quite another group of towns : towns which reveal nothing at first sight of their secret , physical history , and which indeed seem to have little or nothing in common as one looks at them and around their streets . |
| 6 | Having released a highly successful book of Russian posters the renowned publisher Aurora , which publishes books for export , does not know what to do with the rich reserve of editorial material it has accumulated over recent years , and it has been forced to sell transparencies and texts . |
| 7 | You know , we do n't know what to do with the bloody bit . |
| 8 | She does n't know what to do with the used one . |
| 9 | He would n't know what to do in the outside world . |
| 10 | We are equally ready to project this highly idealized picture of ourselves onto our own past and do not know what to make of the weird mystical ‘ fantasies ’ in which our ancestors seem to have indulged . |
| 11 | I do n't know what happened to the front entrance , but there was a basement underneath there and my first wife was dancing in Harvey Martin 's dance hall underneath , her pal and herself she , they 'd gone to this dance it was a dancing lesson on a Saturday night it was famous in those days Harvey Martin 's dance class er yes I |
| 12 | One wonders what became of the dispossessed . |
| 13 | There is a concerted desire to destroy what remains of the referential illusion : what seems ‘ real ’ is immediately transformed into another representation in the form of a painting , a postcard or a film . |
| 14 | It does not matter what happens to the public reputation of John Donne . |
| 15 | Deciding what to do with the Arab volunteers is hard for Pakistan , which is under pressure from other Islamic governments , and from America , to eject them . |
| 16 | He decided to wait and see what happened in the other rehearsals . |
| 17 | The table overleaf shows what happens under the new ( and reducing ) capital allowances : |
| 18 | The second picture showed what remained of the wrecked car in Prague , the car which had belonged to Ladislav Sacher . |
| 19 | He must have felt like Sir Norman Hartnell wondering what to wear for the Royal Enclosure at Ascot . |
| 20 | But , as we shall see , it was not the Bolshevik position on the question which alone determined what happened in the Russian empire , nor is it clear that , in practice , the Bolsheviks had had any real alternative if the revolution was to be successful . |
| 21 | Robinson believes Mallender is at his best when he cuts down his pace , and cites what happened on the slow Bath pitch . |
| 22 | You should always ask the questions , and that is another way that people will understand that you know what goes on the other side of the microphone . |
| 23 | On the way home he said , ‘ These sincere men think they know what to do for the black man . |
| 24 | ‘ I know what happened in the early years was morally wrong . |
| 25 | By the shed he jumped as he heard what sounded like the dust-bin lid being pushed off . |
| 26 | It is about people coming to identify and express personal feelings , wishes and circumstances and coming to understand what contributes to the positive and negative of their existence . |
| 27 | Willingness to listen to what the subordinate is really saying and trying to understand what lies behind the spoken word |
| 28 | However , if you now have the determination to become a bigger fish in a bigger pool , then you will take what occurred around the lunar eclipse on August 6th as a signal to put the past behind you and devote all your energy to plants designed to give you a greater degree of freedom . |
| 29 | I am totally computer hostile so I would n't have known what to do with the damn thing . |
| 30 | He hesitated , simply not knowing what to say to the elegant figure opposite him who was so evidently determined , and to whom fantasy seemed to be very close to ordinary life . |